The Fire Watch is Florida’s fight to end veteran suicide. We are building a life-saving network of community members and organizations trained to identify the warning signs of veterans in crisis and to direct those veterans to the help they need.
Watch Standers
Estimated Veteran referrals by Watch Standers over the next 12 months
Reduction in Veteran Suicides in Northeast Florida 2019 - 2022
First launched in Northeast Florida and now available statewide, our Watch Stander program mobilizes 10,000+ community members to be vigilant to the concerns of veterans and to direct them to the support they need. To be a Watch Stander, we ask that you view 2 or 3 short training videos, explore a guide of resources available to veterans and sign a pledge. Then we ask that you get out there – on social media, in networking groups, in person – to stand watch and to save lives.
There is a role for businesses, churches, and other organizations, as well. Qualify as a ‘Veteran Safe Place’ by training your employees as Watch Standers. The more opportunities our community can provide to steer a veteran off a path toward suicide, the lower we can drive the rate of veteran suicide in our community. Find out more by visiting our Veteran Safe Place page.
Our objective is to reduce veteran suicides in our targeted geographic areas by 25% over 3 years when compared against 2019 baseline data. The latest data available is from 2022 and shows a promising decline. Click here for an independent analysis on NE Florida. Click here for an independent analysis on the entire state. In the meantime, we track various interim metrics such as the number of Watch Standers, web page visits, and App usage.
You can read the official report press release here.
We have over 1.5 million veterans in Florida. They are family, friends, co-workers, and neighbors. They are heroes who have risked their lives to protect our community. Our community is now working together to protect them. Support from these generous Sponsors keeps our programs free to anyone who wants to stand with us against veteran suicide.
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